Adolescent Psychologist Fully Remote

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Child & Adolescent Mental Health Clinical Advisor (AI Safety Benchmark Project)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $80$150/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 1015 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Author fictionalized adolescent mental health case scenarios based on real-world clinical expertise.
• Review scenarios for clinical realism developmental appropriateness and ethical considerations.
• Help develop and refine clinician-informed evaluation rubrics for AI chatbot responses.
• Review a subset of AI-generated conversations and provide expert judgment to calibrate automated evaluation systems.
• Advise on best practices for assessing AI behavior across key mental health domains including suicide risk therapeutic guidance and emotional dependency.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• MD DO PhD PsyD or equivalent qualification in Psychiatry Psychology or a related mental health field.
• Clinical or research experience focused on children and adolescents.
• Expertise in suicide prevention self-harm assessment child & adolescent psychiatry clinical child psychology digital mental health or evidence-based therapies such as DBT or CBT.
• Strong written communication skills and ability to provide structured clinical feedback.
• Comfortable reviewing fictional clinical scenarios and evaluating AI-generated conversations.

Preferred

• Experience conducting suicide risk assessments or crisis intervention.
• Academic or published research in adolescent mental health suicide prevention or digital therapeutics.
• Experience developing clinical guidelines assessment frameworks or educational materials.
• Prior work involving AI digital health technologies or mental health product evaluation.
• Experience supervising trainees or participating in multidisciplinary clinical teams.

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